Curb template



July 22, 1941. R. G. FERRIS 2,250,222

CURB TEMPLATE u Filed Jan. 25, 1959 2 sheets-sheet 1 l l 50 55 l July 22, 194i- R. G. FERRls 2,250,222

CURB TEMPLATE i .L -l- 'i Patented July 22, 1941 CURB TEMPLATE ARobert G. Ferris, Harvard, Ill., assignor to Starline, Inc., Harvard, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application January 23, 1939, Serial No. 252,497 2 claims. (c1. 25;-118) `My invention relates to templates for use more 'particularly in connection with the building of animal stalls .of the type comprising concrete 'floors and curbs and stallportions vrising from the floor and having. posts anchored in the curbs, these structures being commonly provided with stanchions located directly above the curbs.

The invention relates more 'especially to templates for use Lin temporarilysupporting the posts of thestallpartitions in the` proper'position during thejpouringv and setting of the concrete in forming the curbs.

Oneof my objects. is to provide aV novel, simple Aand economical :structure of template for the purpose set forth.

Other objects are to provide a template which may .be used in connection with the producing of a stall structure of the general character above referred to the. curb. of which is of taperedform; toi provide a template which may be .used either in the producing of a curbhaving substantially parallel sides, or a tapered curb of such a stall structure, particularly where the mold boards used for forming thecurb are of rectangular cross section as commonly provided whereby their upper. edges when installed in the position of use,

extend horizontally if the mold boards are vertically disposed as in theform of a curb having substantially parallel side walls, or at an angle toithehorizontal ifA the mold boards` extend in inclined position as in the forming of a tapered curb; to provide a template with means by which the mold boards may be readily positioned in properly` spaced relation; to provide a template which will permit of the proper smoothing of the top surface of the concrete of the curb at the template while 'the latterV is in place; and other objects as will be manifest lfrom the followingA description.

`Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in cross-section of an animal stall of a construction which may be built by the use of my improved template.

' Figure 2gis a perspective view of my improved template.

Figure 3 is an enlargedfragmentary Vertical line5 Von Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction'of thefarrow, with certain parts omitted.

'Figure 6 is a view like Fig. 5 of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 4, the section being taken at the line 5 on Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, with certain parts omitted. Figure 7 is a view like Fig. 4 and of the structure therein shown, illustrating a variation in the step shown in Fig. 4 of producing the stall structure.

Figure 8 is a view like Fig. 4 illustrating a step in the producing of a stall vstructure of Fig. 1 modie'd to omit the bottom bars to which the stanchions are connected.

Figure 9 is a view like Fig. 4 illustrating a step in the producing of a stallstructure and utilizing my invention, in which the curb thereof has substantially parallel sides; and

Figure 10, a sectional View, somewhat in the nature of a diagram, of a portion of the struc-l ture shown in Fig. 9, the section being taken at the line I0 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, lwith certain parts omitted.

Referring' to the construction shown inFigs. 1-6, inclusive, which illustrates my invention in connection with the building of a line of animal stalls, the floor of the stalls, commonly made of concrete andfextending continuously along the stalls, is represented at II. At the forward edge oftheiloor is a feed-trough I2 the back edge of which is formed by a curb I3. At'the rear edge of theloor-II Ais a gutter I4, the trough I2, curb `I3, and gutter being commonly cast separately from the floor and extending vcontinuously along the stalls.

The stalls are formed ofpostsv I5 spaced apart and embedded in the concrete of the curb I3, and parallel spaced apart 'stall-partitions I6 connected at their upper forward ends I1 to the posts I5and at their lower rear ends anchored to the floor II. 'The stalls are commonly provided between the posts of each stall withstanchionsinot shown) to receivethe necks of the'animals positioned in the stalls.

The stanchions are hung at their upper ends, in a well-known manner, from frames (not shown) located between the posts I5 of the stalls, and are connected at their lower ends to bottom bars I8 located between these posts, the connections of the stanchions with the frames and bottom bars being such vas to permit the stanchions to have limited rotary and swinging movements.l

In constructing the stall 5 the curb I3 would outward displacement of the mold-boards.

The mold-boards being in place the posts I5 are positioned in the molds to extend in the desired horizontally spaced: relation. stall structure includes a bottom bar I8 it is desirable, as a convenient means for properly spacing the posts I5, that this bar be positioned between the posts I5. When the bar I8 in the finished structure extends close to the top surface of the curb, it is supported, to serve merely as a post-spacing means, either by inverting the bar and in this position bolting it at the clips on its ends (the clip vat one end being shown at 26) to the adjacent posts I5, asshown of the one clip 26, at 21 in Fig. 4, or by merely positioning the bar I8 at a higher elevation and securing it in place,as for example by the wire securing means shown at 28, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The mold-boards 2| and 22 are cross-connected at their top surfaces 29, shown as at a right angle toj their parallel sides, with means, located at each post I5 and holding these mold-boards in the desired inclined position and for positioning the posts I5. These means comprise my improved template shown at 36 which, in accordance with the illustrated embodiment of my invention, is formed of sheet metal presenting a plate-like body portion 3| having a longitudinally extending corrugation 32 to increase its strength and a bolthole 33 at its upper end midway between its ends. The lower edge portion of the body portion 3| is provided with a pair of flanges 34 at its ends extending at right angles to the body portion 3| and parallel with the longitudinal axis of the template, an opening 35 being provided in each ange 34. The lower edge portion of the body portion 3| is also provided, between the flanges 34, with a pair of flanges 36 extending at right angles to the body portion 3| but at angles to the longitudinal axis of the template and having apertures 31 therein, the flanges 36 converging downwardly toward the ycenter of the template at such an angleV as'to cause these flanges to fit flatwise against the upper surfaces 29 of the converging mold-boards 2| and 22.

In cutting the metal of the plate to form the template it is recessed at 38, outer walls 39 of these recesses being spaced apart, at their lower ends, a distance equal to the distance between the outer faces of the mold-boards 2| and 22 at their upper portions, whereby when the template is applied to the mold-boards 2| and 22 the surfaces 39 'will form a gauge for inclining these mold boards at the desired angle.

' The templates, as will lbe understood, are placed cross-wise of the mold-boards 2| and 22 and secured in place thereto, as by nails 4E! driven through the openings 31 into the mold-boards; and the posts I5 and templates secured together by the bolts 21 which extend through'the posts and the apertures 33 in the templates.

The notching of the plate from which the template is formed to .produce the flanges 36 is sulciently deep to form a recess 4| extending above WhereV the the junctures of the flanges 36 with the body portion 3|, and thus when the template is applied to position on the moldboards 2| and 22 as described, a space between the template and the plane of the upper surface ofthe curb to be formed is presented.

The concrete to form the curb and anchor the lower ends of the' posts I5 is poured into the mold at its top and smoothed oif, the recesses 4| permitting of the proper smoothing of the concrete beneath the templates.

After the concrete is set the mold boards I9-22, stakes 23 and templates 30 are removed and the bottom bars I8 disconnected from the posts I5 and replaced thereon in the position they are to occupy in the finished structure (Fig. 1).

In utilizing the invention in accordance with the disclosure in Fig. 8, which relates to the constructing of a stall structure which does not have a bottom bar but provides other means (not shown) for connection with the lower ends of the stanchions, the templates 30 are provided one at each post I5 and are secured to the moldboards 2| and 22 and to the postsas described of the procedure illustrated in Figs. 1-7, the bolts 21 serving the sole purpose of securing the posts and templates together.

In constructing the parallel-sided curb of Figs. 9 and 10 and shown at 42, al1 of the mold-boards, herein represented at 43 to 46, inclusive, for forming this curb and corresponding to the moldboards |9-22, inclusive, are disposed vertically in the properly spaced relation; the posts I5 are positioned at their lower ends in the mold thus provided; the bottom bars I8, when used, are applied to the position they occupy in the finished structure and connected at their ends with the posts I5 by the bolts 21 which extend through the clips 25 and the posts I5, and the templates 38 applied to position on the mold-boards 45 and 46. The templates 3|! are secured to the posts by the bolts 21 which pass through the apertures 33 in the templates and to the mold-boards 45 and 46, as by nails 41 driven through the apertures 35 in the flanges 34, into the mold-boards, the outer edges 48 of the flanges 34 serving as gauging means to properly space the moldboards 45 and 46 apart.

'I'he lower edges of the flanges 35 extend at an elevation above the flanges 34, this feature, together with the recesses 4I, permitting of the smoothing of the upper surface of the concrete beneath the templates, which after the concrete has become set are removed, as are also the mold boards.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A template, for the purpose set forth, having substantially horizontal spaced surfaces for seating the template on the upper edges of substantially vertical mold boards and inclined surfaces set in from said rst-referredto surfaces for seating the template on the upper edges of upwardly converging mold boards, said inclined surfaces being located in a plane above said horizontal surfaces, and the lower edge of the template between said inclined surfaces being recessed, whereby in the use of either of said surfaces space for troweling is provided between the inclined surfaces being located in a plane above said horizontal surfaces each of said substantially horizontal surfaces for seating on the upper edge of a substantially vertical mold board and each of said inclined surfaces for seating on the upper edge of an upwardly inclined mold board the lower edge of the template between said inclined surfaces being recessed, whereby in the use of any two of said surfaces space for troweling is provided between the template and the top of the concrete molded between the mold boards.

ROBERT G. FERRIS. 

